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G. L. HARPHAM. FOLDABLE BED FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 19I8- Patented June 24, 1919.

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GEORGE I. HARPHAM, OF MAUPIN, OREGON.

FOLDABLE BED-FRAME.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented June 24:, 1919.

Application filed November 12, 1918. Serial No. 262,122.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE L. I'IARPHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maupin, in the county of WVasco and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldable Bed- Frames, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to improve the collapsible or foldable bed-frame disclosed in my United States Patent No. 1,259,732.

With this object in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts of the improved collapsible or foldable bed-frame as hereinafter fully described in the specification, summed up in the claims, and illustrated in the drawings.

The accompanying drawings form part of my specification, and like reference-characters indicate corresponding parts through out the several views thereof. The different figures of the drawings may be briefly described as follows:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bed-frame in operative position;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view;

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective detail view of one of the longitudinal side members of the frame, showing the two hinged parts as partly folded, in the operation of knocking down the bed-frame so that it will occupy a collapsed or folded position.

Referring, now, in detail to the drawings:

1, 1 designate the two side members of the frame. Each of these side members is formed in two sections, as shown, connected, at their adjacent ends, by a hinge 2. These side members are formed of angle-bars, as shown.

Secured, as by rivets 4, 4, to the hinged end of one of the sections of each side bar is a brace 3, formed of angle iron. The flanges of these braces, as shown, rest against the inner surface of the flanges of the side member 1, and, when the sections of the side member 1 are in alinement, i. 6., when the bed-frame is in operative position, a portion of said braces extends across the adjacent or hinged ends of the said sections, whereby the braces lie against the inner surface of both of said sections. An angle-member 5 is secured, as by a rivet 6, to'the outer surface of that section of the side frame which is opposite the one to which the brace 3 is riveted, and the inward-extending horizontal flange of said angle-member constitutes a support-for the free end of the brace 3, which rests upon said inward extending flange, as shown in Fig. 1. The brace 3 and angle member 5 serve effectively to take away strain from the hinge 2, and it will be noticed that, by this peculiar construction, there is no strain whatsoever on said hinge, when the bed-frame is in operative position, as shown in Fig. 1.

Connecting the side members 1, 1 of the bed-frame are the end members 7, 7, which are pivoted at their ends, as at 8, 8, to said side members. Said end members 7, 7 are also preferably angle-bars, as shown.

'Four legs 9 are pivotally connected, toward one end thereof, as at 10, to the inner surface of the depending flanges of the side members 1, 1 of the frame; and the horizontal flange of each of said members 1, 1 is provided with a longitudinally-extending slot 11, through which the beveled end 8" of one of the flanges of the leg 8 projects when the leg is in operative position, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be noticed that the legs 8, which are preferably of angle-bar construction, may be swung up so as to occupy a folded position against and parallel with the inner surface of the flanges of the side members 1, 1; and that, when the bed-frame is opened up for use, the legs are swung downward on their pivots 10, until the inclined or beveled ends 8 of the legs ride intothe slots 11 and contact against the inner ends thereof, which prevent further movement of the legs in this direction.

The bed-frame may be collapsed so as to occupy a folded position; and, in collapsing the bed-frame, the legs 8 are first swung upward, so as to lie against the inner surface of the flanges of the side members 1, 1. The side members 1, 1 are then bent on their hinges 2, 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A collapsible or foldable bed-frame, comprising side members, each thereof being formed of two sections of angle-bars, united at their adjacent ends by a hinge, an angle-bar brace carried by one of said sections and lying against the inner surface thereof, a portion of said brace extending across the adjacent or hinged ends ofsaid sections when the two sections of said sidemember are in alinement, whereby'the brace lies against the inner surface of both of said section-s when the latter are in al-inement, and a supporting member secured to that section of each of said side-niembers'whi'ch is opposite'the section carrying said brace,

said supporting member sustaining the free end of said brace when the said sections of the side member of the frame are in alinement.

2. A collapsible or foldable bed-frame, comprising side members, each thereofbeing formed of two sections of angle-bars, united at their adjacent ends by a hinge, an anglebar brace carried by one of said sections and lying against the inner surface thereof, a portion of said brace extending across the adjacent or hinged ends of said sections when the two sections of said side-members are in .alinement, whereby the brace lies against the inner surface of both of said sections when the latter are in alinement, and an angle-member secured to that sectionof each of said side-members which is opposite the section carrying said brace, said anglemember sustaining the free end of said brace when the said sections of the side member of the frame are in alinement.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

GEORGE L. HARPHAM.

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